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What is the purpose of waste diversion activities?
What is temporarily stored in transfer stations?
What is excluded from the definition of a transfer station?
What is the term for the interim containment of solid waste after generation and prior to collection?
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What is not considered a waste diversion activity?
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What is an example of white goods?
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What is handled separately from other residential and commercial wastes?
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What is the purpose of separating white goods from other waste?
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What is the primary goal of solid waste management?
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What is a solid waste management facility?
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What is source reduction?
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What is source separation?
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What are special wastes?
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What is an example of special waste?
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What is the purpose of waste characterization in a local waste management plan?
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What should be identified in waste characterization?
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What is the focus of waste characterization in a local waste management plan?
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Why is waste characterization important in a local waste management plan?
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What is the outcome of waste characterization in a local waste management plan?
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Study Notes
Solid Waste Management
- Solid waste is handled separately from residential and commercial wastes.
Storage and Transfer Stations
- Storage refers to the interim containment of solid waste after generation and prior to collection for ultimate recovery or disposal.
- Transfer stations receive solid waste, temporarily store, separate, convert, or process materials, or transfer waste to larger vehicles for transport.
Waste Diversion and White Goods
- Waste diversion reduces or eliminates the amount of solid waste from waste disposal facilities.
- White goods include large worn-out or broken household, commercial, and industrial appliances collected separately.
Solid Waste Management Plan
- The plan includes components such as:
- City or Municipal Profile, including population, geographic and other conditions, and waste generation and projection.
- Waste characterization, identifying constituent materials in solid waste generated within the jurisdiction.
Definitions
- Solid waste management refers to the control of generation, storage, collection, transfer, and disposal of solid waste.
- Solid waste management facility includes resource recovery systems, conservation facilities, collection, storage, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment, and disposal facilities.
- Source reduction reduces solid waste before it enters the solid waste stream through methods like product design, materials substitution, and packaging restrictions.
- Source separation involves sorting solid waste into component parts at the point of generation.
- Special wastes include household hazardous wastes, bulky wastes, consumer electronics, white goods, yard wastes, batteries, oil, and tires.
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Description
Learn about the various practices and methods used in solid waste management, including storage, transfer stations, and waste diversion. Understand how waste is handled and processed from generation to disposal.
